PUTRAJAYA, March 26 -- Three individuals and a company linked to former Johor executive council member Datuk Abdul Latif Bandi have failed in their bid to review the seizure of RM3.2 million in assets.

A three-member Court of Appeal panel, chaired by Justice Hashim Hamzah, ruled that public policy requires finality in judgments and that reviews are only permitted in exceptional cases, such as breaches of natural justice or miscarriages of justice, according to a report published in Free Malaysia Today.

The court found that the applicants were challenging the merits of a previous Court of Appeal decision, rather than raising a valid ground for review.

The bench also included Justices Wong Kian Kheong and Noorin Badaruddin.

The appeal s...